Puzzle 1
Starter clue: F = E
TQPEFAQFBWFSAMFEEOSWFWPIBPIBIZZIFQFSWOAQFEPAAEFZIFO.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Danish proverb Cryptograms Set 24
6 cryptograms to solve with a pencil. Each letter of the quote has been swapped for another letter, and the same swap holds all the way through.
20 pt ciphertext — the size a newspaper puzzle page never gives you. 26 pt ciphertext with wide letter spacing and room to write. Both sizes print on US Letter with the answer key on its own page.
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The puzzles
Puzzle 2
Starter clue: L = E
OISTWVCDVWWBLUKKQVGUNGHINQLDPBLWBLQCQIULGSLNDPNWBNG.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: Y = O
TYMGDTVYJFZDBYJCZWYWBZLDWZJ,NMWTYMFDSSYWGDRZBKGUJKSR.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: H = O
LVLGEXLRVHTLGYCLVYHDVXYHHZ,HJBQXJRVHJQXACLVYHDVXNHHZ.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: K = I
UTRQRXRYEWBFIXQYEABYKZTKXQKNKXQ,UTRFKBRYDEEYKXUICKXQ.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 6
Starter clue: Y = E
EYSIYYQYZFOSNQRHYWLQVYZFOYLKW,SDYKYFWQNSDFQRSNUDNNWY.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Solver's cheat sheet
- Most common letters
- E T A O I N S H R D L U
- Most common 1-letter words
- A I
- Most common 2-letter words
- OF TO IN IT IS BE AS AT SO WE HE BY OR ON DO IF ME MY UP AN GO NO US AM
- Most common 3-letter words
- THE AND FOR ARE BUT NOT YOU ALL ANY CAN HER WAS ONE OUR OUT DAY GET HAS HIM HIS HOW MAN NEW NOW OLD SEE TWO WAY WHO BOY DID ITS LET PUT SAY SHE TOO USE
- Common double letters
- LL EE SS OO TT FF RR NN PP CC
- Common word endings
- -ING -ION -ENT -TION -LY -ED -ER -EST
- After an apostrophe
- T (don't) S (it's) RE (we're) VE (I've) LL (we'll) D (I'd)
Want this on its own sheet? Print the letter frequency chart.
Show the answer key (6 solutions)
- “While the great bells are ringing no one hears the little ones.”— Danish proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=T B=G C=Z D=M E=L F=E G=X H=Y I=N J=P K=V L=D M=B N=Q O=S P=I Q=H R=C S=A T=W U=J V=K W=R X=F Y=U Z=O
- “Luck taps at the door and inquires whether prudence is within.”— Danish proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=Y B=H C=P D=S E=F F=B G=N H=Q I=U J=Z K=O L=E M=X N=I O=L P=W Q=R R=J S=C T=K U=D V=A W=T X=V Y=M Z=G
- “You may force a horse to the water, but you cannot make him drink.”— Danish proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=G B=H C=S D=A E=J F=C G=M H=L I=X J=R K=I L=W M=U N=B O=Q P=Z Q=P R=K S=N T=Y U=D V=F W=T X=V Y=O Z=E
- “It is vain to fish without a hook, or learn to read without a book.”— Danish proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=D B=L C=W D=U E=V F=J G=S H=O I=Y J=R K=Z L=I M=P N=B O=C P=G Q=E R=N S=Q T=F U=X V=T W=M X=A Y=H Z=K
- “The generous man grows rich in giving, the miser poor in taking.”— Danish proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=W B=S C=K D=P E=O F=M G=Y H=L I=A J=F K=I L=X M=D N=V O=J P=Z Q=G R=E S=Q T=H U=T V=B W=U X=N Y=R Z=C
- “Between evil tongues and evil ears, there is nothing to choose.”— Danish proverb, 1857, Recorded with English translation in Henry G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (London, 1857)Cipher key: A=F B=K C=M D=H E=B F=I G=J H=U I=W J=P K=R L=A M=Y N=O O=L P=Z Q=N R=G S=T T=X U=C V=D W=S X=Q Y=E Z=V